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Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor
REPORTER FILE PHOTO| Fond farewell To the Editor: It is after much soul searching the past several months that I have decided not to seek a fourth term on the Town Board. This was not an easy decision...
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Deer & Tick Committee seeks more money, emphasizes herd cull
JULIE LANE PHOTOThe Deer & Tick Committee needs to stop “tiptoeing” around the possibility of bringing in sharpshooters to cull the herd, member Jim Colligan told his colleagues Wednesday. While...
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Deer & Tick Committee readies new website
JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO | Deer in Silver Beach. Finishing touches are being put on a Shelter Island Deer & Tick Committee website to go live within the next week or two. In the past, anyone seeking...
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Islander leads Suffolk County tick committee
Dr. Scott Campbell Dr. Scott Campbell, a long-time member of the Shelter Island Deer & Tick Committee and lab director of Suffolk County Department of Health Services, has been appointed to head...
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Culling money less than committee sought
REPORTER FILE PHOTOChief Jim Read cut the deer culling budget before submitting it to the Town Board. What happened to the Deer & Tick Committee’s decision to request more money for culling the...
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This week in Shelter Island history
50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY The first interracial kiss broadcast on television was on “Star Trek” between Captain Kirk and Lt. Nyota Uhura. The Beatles released their only double album in the United...
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Resolution would fund more special deer season costs
REPORTER FILE PHOTO The vote may not be official because of a lack of a quorum, but three members present at Wednesday morning’s Deer & Tick meeting voted to pay Nuisance Wildlife Control Officers...
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With the recreational bow hunting season underway since Oct. 1, Shelter Island’s Deer & Tick Committee is focusing attention on ways to strengthen its battle against tick-borne diseases in the year...
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